Otho S A Sprague Memorial Institute
Private foundation · Chicago, IL · EIN 36-6068723 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Otho SA Sprague Memorial Institute
55grants reported
$100Kmedian award
$50Klower quartile
$500smallest grant
$6.2Mtotal paid
2states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 3 of its 55 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $350K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
PO Box 806214
Chicago, IL 60680-4123
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| University of IL at Chicago | Chicago, IL | $442,511 |
| University of IL at Chicago | Chicago, IL | $417,052 |
| University of IL at Chicago | Chicago, IL | $350,878 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $300,000 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $250,500 |
| Sinai Health System | Chicago, IL | $250,000 |
| Mobile Care Foundation | Chicago, IL | $225,000 |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | $225,000 |
| Children First Fund | Chicago, IL | $210,000 |
| Iws Family Health | Chicago, IL | $200,000 |
| Swedish Covenant Hospital Foundation | Chicago, IL | $200,000 |
| Heartland Alliance Health | Chicago, IL | $180,000 |
| Lawndale Christian Health Center | Chicago, IL | $150,000 |
| Esperanza Health Centers | Chicago, IL | $138,200 |
| City of Colleges of Chicago Foundation | Chicago, IL | $125,263 |
| Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics | Chicago, IL | $125,000 |
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago Foundation | Chicago, IL | $120,000 |
| Lawndale Christian Health Center | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Michael Reese Health Trust | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| United Way of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Mobile Care Foundation | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $100,000 |
| Sinai Health System | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| United Way of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Lawndale Christian Health Center | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Mobile Care Foundation | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| United Way of Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago, IL | $100,000 |
| Partnership for A Connected IL | Springfield, IL | $90,000 |
| Institute of Medicine of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $75,500 |
| Community Health | Chicago, IL | $75,000 |
| Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics | Chicago, IL | $75,000 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, WA | $75,000 |
| Sinai Health System | Chicago, IL | $75,000 |
| Children First Fund | Chicago, IL | $65,221 |
| Everthrive | Chicago, IL | $65,000 |
| Heartland Alliance Health | Chicago, IL | $60,000 |
| Partnership for A Connected IL | Springfield, IL | $51,500 |
| Chicago Coalition to Save Our Mental Health Center | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
| Chicago Community Foundation | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
| Esperanza Health Centers | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
| Chicago Community Foundation | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
| City of Colleges of Chicago Foundation | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
| Chicago Community Foundation | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
| Children First Fund | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
| Health and Medicine Policy Research Group | Chicago, IL | $25,000 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, WA | $25,000 |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | $25,000 |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | $25,000 |
| City Orchards Cooperative | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| AIDS Foundation of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $10,000 |
| Forefront | Chicago, IL | $4,558 |
| Grantmakers in Health | Washington, WA | $4,100 |
| Grantmakers in Health | Washington, WA | $4,100 |
| Uic College of Dentistry | Chicago, IL | $500 |
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